Not because he posted to the Poser thread about a 3DSMax freebie, but because he did not also post in the 3DSMax thread. It is just as obvious that he is meerly trying to stir up trouble as it is that the freebie in question is a racial slur. Jap is indeed derogatory when applied to people. I use it myself, both as an indication of quality, when referring to products, such as Jap cars, and as a derogatory term applied specifically to Japanese soldiers during WWII. I have and never will use it to refer to any other Japanese people, especially not Japanese Americans during WWII. I found it very disturbing in Hich School when our history text books devoted a single paragraph to the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII. Perhaps the reason for this was that, while the text book included only a single paragraph, our teacher spent two weeks on this subject, using documents she personally collected. This clearly this illustrated that, this attrocity deserved much better coverage in the history texts. We complain about the Japanese failing to teach their children about the attrocities committed by Japanese soldiers against not only Americans, but other Asians during WWII, yet neglect to teach our own children about the internment of Japanese Americans by our own government. It has previously been mentioned that Japanese Americans were deprived of liberty and livelyhood, but this doesn't begin to convey just how deep this attrocity bit. Not only were Japanese Americans deprived of their livelyhood, but the US government made no attempt to protect their property while they were imprisoned. Many returned to find that their houses had been ransacked and stripped of all valuables. Adding insult to injury, while the US was very eager to press the issue of property stolen from the Jews in WWII, it still almost totally ignores this theft from Japanese Americans. BTW, I am of German descent, but my father got the opportunity to fight aganst the Nazis during WWII. How many Japanese Americans were permitted to fight for their country? Dale LaRoy Splitstone